North Cambridge
North Cambridge, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Porter Square and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of Somerville on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of Arlington on the northwest, and the town of Belmont on the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “North Cambridge, Massachusetts”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Alewife station.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Alewife station
Metro station
Photo: redjar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teele Square and Davis Square.
Teele Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Nsb3000, Public domain.
Teele Square is at the intersection of Broadway, Holland Street, and Curtis Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, a half-mile from Davis Square and the Davis Square stop on the MBTA Red Line, as well as a half-mile from Alewife Brook Parkway and Powder House Square.
Davis Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Davis Square is a major intersection in the northwestern section of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, where several streets meet: Holland Street, Dover Street, Day Street, Elm Street, Highland Avenue, and College Avenue.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.
North Cambridge
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.39587° or 42° 23′ 45″ northLongitude
-71.13563° or 71° 8′ 8″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87JC9VW7+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 158826172OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“North Cambridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北剑桥”
- Chinese: “北劍橋”
- Dutch: “North Cambridge”
- French: “North Cambridge”
- Japanese: “ノースケンブリッジ”
- Slovenian: “North Cambridge”
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